Shaping Ability of TRUShape and XP-endo Shaper in C-Shaped Canals Using 3D-Printed Replicas: A Micro-CT Study

Natália Pereira da Silva Falcão; Marilia Fagury Marceliano-Alves; Sandro Junio Oliveira Tavares; Pablo Amoroso-Silva; Aline de Almeida Neves; Luan Ferreira Bastos; Ricardo Tadeu Lopes; Wania Christina Figueiredo Dantas; Michelle Paiva Weydt Galhardi; Eduardo Fagury Videira Marceliano; Cinthya Cristina Gomes

doi:10.1055/s-0043-1772568

Shaping Ability of TRUShape and XP-endo Shaper in C-Shaped Canals Using 3D-Printed Replicas: A Micro-CT Study

Eur J Dent. 2023 Sep 20. doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1772568. Online ahead of print.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dentistry, Health Institute of Nova Friburgo (PPGO-ISNF), Fluminense Federal University (UFF), Nova Friburgo, RJ, Brazil.
² Department of Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Iguaçu University (UNIG), Nova Iguaçu, RJ, Brazil.
³ Department of Dentistry, University of Grande Rio (UNIGRANRIO), Duque de Caxias, RJ, Brazil.
⁴ Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, Rio de Janeiro Federal University, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
⁵ Department of Nuclear Energy, Rio de Janeiro Federal University, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
⁶ Department of Dental Reseach, São Leopoldo Mandic College, São Leopoldo, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁷ Department of Dental Materials, Sao Jose University, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
⁸ Department of Dentistry, Belem General Hospital, Belém, Pará, Brazil.

PMID: 37729930
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1772568

Abstract

Objective: This study compared the shaping ability of TRUShape and XP-endo Shaper systems on C-shaped root canals replicas using microcomputed tomography (micro-CT).

Material and methods: Thirty three-dimensional replicas based on a mandibular second molar classified as C1 type I C-shaped canal were randomly divided into two groups (n = 15): TRUShape (G.TRU) and XP-endo Shaper (G.XP) and instrumented with each system according to the manufacturer's instructions. Changes in volume and surface and the unprepared area of the root canal were measured by scanning on micro-CT before and after instrumentation.

Results: The unprepared areas were 39% in the G.TRU and 43% in the G.XP group with no significant difference between them (p > 0.05), but both the tested systems left a high percentage of unprepared root canal walls of C-shaped root canals.

Conclusion: TRUShape and XP-endo Shaper showed a high rate of unprepared areas with similar results after C-shaped root canals replicas for root canal preparation.

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